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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT
To the management of Starfield Technologies, LLC (“Starfield”):
Scope
We have examined Starfield, subsidiary of GoDaddy Inc. (“GoDaddy”), management’s assertion
that for its Certification Authority (“CA”) operations in Arizona and Virginia, in the United Statesof America, for its CAs enumerated in Attachment B, Starfield has:•disclosed its code signing (“CS”) certificate lifecycle management business practices inthe applicable versions of its Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement (“CP/CPS”) enumerated in Attachment A, including its
commitment to provide CS certificates in conformity with the applicable Baseline
Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Code Signing
Certificates, and provided such services in accordance with its disclosed practices•

maintained effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that:o CS subscriber information is properly collected, authenticated, and verified; ando the integrity of keys and CS certificates it manages is established and protected
throughout their lifecycles

throughout the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 based on the WebTrust Principles and Criteria
for Certification Authorities – Code Signing Baseline Requirements v2.7.
Starfield does not provide CS Signing Authority or CS Timestamp Authority services. Accordingly,
our examination did not extend to the controls that would address those criteria.
Certification Authority’s Responsibilities
Starfield’s management is responsible for its assertion, including the fairness of its presentation,and the provision of its described services, based on WebTrust Principles and Criteria forCertification Authorities – Code Signing Baseline Requirements v2.7.
Independent Accountant’s Responsibilities
Our responsibility is to express an opinion about management’s assertion based on ourexamination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards requirethat we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
management’s assertion is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination involves
performing procedures to obtain evidence about management’s assertion. The nature, timing,and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of therisks of material misstatement of management’s assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We
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believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
We are required to be independent and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith relevant ethical requirements relating to the engagement.
The relative effectiveness and significance of specific controls at Starfield and their effect on
assessments of control risk for subscribers and relying parties are dependent on their interaction
with the controls and other factors present at individual subscriber and relying party locations.
Our examination did not extend to controls at individual subscriber and relying party locations
and we have not evaluated the effectiveness of such controls.
Inherent Limitations
There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any system of internal control, including
the possibility of human error and the circumvention of controls. For example, because of theirnature, controls may not prevent, or detect unauthorized access to systems and information, orfailure to comply with internal and external policies or requirements. Also, the projection to thefuture of any conclusions based on our findings is subject to the risk that controls may becomeineffective.
Independent Accountant’s Opinion
In our opinion, management’s assertion, as referred to above, is fairly stated, in all materialrespects.
This report does not include any representation as to the quality of Starfield’s services other thanits CA operations at Arizona and Virginia, in the United States of America, nor the suitability of
any of Starfield’s services for any customer's intended purpose.
Other Matter
Without modifying our opinion, we noted the following other matters during our procedures:
Matter Topic1Timestamp Authority

Matter
GoDaddy did not operate a timestamp authority during theperiod.

Starfield CA has not issued any CS certificates for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

September 21, 2023

2

ATTACHMENT A – CERTIFICATE POLICY/CERTIFICATION PRACTICE STATEMENTVERSIONS IN-SCOPE
Policy Name

Policy Version

Policy Date

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.18

November 11, 2022

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.17

June 17, 2022

3

ATTACHMENT B – IN-SCOPE CAsRoot CAs
Subject
OU = Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
O = The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USOU = Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

C3846BF24B9E93CA64274C0EC67C1ECC5E024FFCACD2D74019350E81FE546AE4

6/29/2004

6/29/203445140B3247EB9CC8C5B4F0D7B53091F73292089E6E5A63E2749DD3ACA9198EDA

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

1465FA205397B876FAA6F0A9958E5590E40FCC7FAA4FB7C2C8677521FB5FB658

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

2CE1CB0BF9D2F9E102993FBE215152C3B2DD0CABDE1C68E5319B839154DBB7F5

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

4

Cross-Signed Certificates
Subject
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

3A2FBE92891E57FE05D57087F48E730F17E5A5F53EF403D618E5B74D7A7E6ECB

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

9BF58967545996194512DB6177151AFE99706AEA3DA36FEEE7AD9F8B3C0507CB

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

9F43D52E808C20AFF69E02FAAC205AAC684E6975213D6620FAC64BDE5FCAB4BC

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

454040E4969070401CC35BDF7F2A4EBCE5797BB7694AE731D93A8115FD59929C

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

2D12B619A660CEFB013271831D891213FC434E982A21568256CF4E2E86324BEA

8/30/2009

6/28/2034

28689B30E4C306AAB53B027B29E36AD6DD1DCF4B953994482CA84BDC1ECAC996

9/2/2009

6/28/2034

5

Intermediate CAs
Subject
serialNumber = 07969287
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
OU = http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Code Signing CertificateAuthority - G2
OU = http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, LLC
L = Scottsdale
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - G2
O = GoDaddy Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
serialNumber = 10688435
CN = Starfield Secure Certification Authority
OU =http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

09ED6E991FC3273D8FEA317D339C02041861973549CFA6E1558F411F11211AA3

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

973A41276FFD01E027A2AAD49E34C37846D3E976FF6A620B6712E33832041AA6

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

EF356CC299AA637916C81A48891B5BA2F333A2064D93A89BA14F63A14AA6B251

4/1/2014

4/1/2034

9EFC910271094B886BD9A8FC9E394DBF2AE514778CB373544085AF815CABFE2D

5/1/2015

5/1/2035

93A07898D89B2CCA166BA6F1F8A14138CE43828E491B831926BC8247D391CC72

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

05A6DB389391DF92E0BE93FDFA4DB1E3CF53903918B8D9D85A9C396CB55DF030

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

6

Intermediate CAsSubject
CN = Starfield Secure Code Signing Certificate
Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

26CFA206753E96AED7C30F5674E7C6F5A0CB2F93837AF6A1596C2F799C725385

4/1/2014

4/1/2034

F41A694B3825942DB89523E9775F997DB9FA2998398DC39A74B72670DACFD468

5/1/2015

5/1/2035

7

Timestamping CAs
Subject
CN = Starfield Timestamp Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Timestamp Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

5E9223124187AC792056A8CFBDD23E643CD774DB8431A914D4FCFA1CD4B3A353

4/15/2019

4/15/2024

0EA223D9132909B625DDDC6C94FB85AFDED0A20DCFF55B7E65BFECF1411386AC

9/17/20199/17/2024

8DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6STARFIELD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC MANAGEMENT’S ASSERTION
Starfield Technologies, LLC (“Starfield”), subsidiary of GoDaddy Inc. (“GoDaddy”), operates theCertification Authority (“CA”) services for the root and other CAs in scope enumerated inAttachment B, and provides code signing (“CS”) CA services.
The management of Starfield is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective controls overits CS CA operations, including its CS CA business practices disclosure on its repository, CS key
lifecycle management controls, and CS certificate lifecycle management controls. These controls
contain monitoring mechanisms, and actions are taken to correct deficiencies identified.
There are inherent limitations in any controls, including the possibility of human error, and thecircumvention or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even effective controls can only provide
reasonable assurance with respect to Starfield’s CA operations. Furthermore, because of changes inconditions, the effectiveness of controls may vary over time.
Starfield management has assessed its disclosures of its certificate practices and controls over its
CS CA services. Based on that assessment, in Starfield management’s opinion, in providing its CS CA
services in Arizona and Virginia, in the United States of America, Starfield has:disclosed its code signing (“CS”) certificate lifecycle management business practices in theapplicable versions of its Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy and Certification
Practice Statement (“CP/CPS”) enumerated in Attachment A, including its commitment toprovide CS certificates in conformity with the applicable Baseline Requirements for theIssuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Code Signing Certificates, and provided suchservices in accordance with its disclosed practicesmaintained effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that:o CS subscriber information is properly collected, authenticated, and verified; ando the integrity of keys and CS certificates it manages is established and protected
throughout their lifecycles

throughout the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, based on the WebTrust Principles and Criteriafor Certification Authorities – Code Signing Baseline Requirements v2.7.
Starfield does not provide CS Signing Authority or CS Timestamp Authority services. Accordingly, ourassertion does not extend to the controls that would address those criteria.

1DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

Starfield CA has not issued any CS certificates for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

_____________________________________________
Andres Armeda
Senior Director, Product Management – Security
Starfield Technologies, LLC_____________________________________________
Sarath Geethakumar
Chief Information Security Officer
Starfield Technologies, LLC

29/21/2023

9/21/2023

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

ATTACHMENT A – CERTIFICATE POLICY/CERTIFICATION PRACTICE STATEMENTVERSIONS IN-SCOPE
Policy Name

Policy Version

Policy Date

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.18

November 11, 2022

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.17

June 17, 2022

3DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

ATTACHMENT B – IN-SCOPE CAs
Root CAsSubject
OU = Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
O = The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USOU = Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid FromValid To

C3846BF24B9E93CA64274C0EC67C1ECC5E024FFCACD2D74019350E81FE546AE4

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

45140B3247EB9CC8C5B4F0D7B53091F73292089E6E5A63E2749DD3ACA9198EDA

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

1465FA205397B876FAA6F0A9958E5590E40FCC7FAA4FB7C2C8677521FB5FB658

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

2CE1CB0BF9D2F9E102993FBE215152C3B2DD0CABDE1C68E5319B839154DBB7F5

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

4DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6Cross-Signed Certificates
Subject
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

3A2FBE92891E57FE05D57087F48E730F17E5A5F53EF403D618E5B74D7A7E6ECB

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

9BF58967545996194512DB6177151AFE99706AEA3DA36FEEE7AD9F8B3C0507CB

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

9F43D52E808C20AFF69E02FAAC205AAC684E6975213D6620FAC64BDE5FCAB4BC

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

454040E4969070401CC35BDF7F2A4EBCE5797BB7694AE731D93A8115FD59929C

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

2D12B619A660CEFB013271831D891213FC434E982A21568256CF4E2E86324BEA

8/30/2009

6/28/2034

28689B30E4C306AAB53B027B29E36AD6DD1DCF4B953994482CA84BDC1ECAC996

9/2/2009

6/28/2034

5

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6Intermediate CAs
Subject
serialNumber = 07969287
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
OU = http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Code Signing CertificateAuthority - G2
OU = http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, LLC
L = Scottsdale
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - G2
O = GoDaddy Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

09ED6E991FC3273D8FEA317D339C02041861973549CFA6E1558F411F11211AA3

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

973A41276FFD01E027A2AAD49E34C37846D3E976FF6A620B6712E33832041AA6

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

EF356CC299AA637916C81A48891B5BA2F333A2064D93A89BA14F63A14AA6B251

4/1/2014

4/1/2034

9EFC910271094B886BD9A8FC9E394DBF2AE514778CB373544085AF815CABFE2D

5/1/2015

5/1/2035

93A07898D89B2CCA166BA6F1F8A14138CE43828E491B831926BC8247D391CC72

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

6

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6Intermediate CAs
Subject
serialNumber = 10688435
CN = Starfield Secure Certification Authority
OU =http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Code Signing Certificate
Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

05A6DB389391DF92E0BE93FDFA4DB1E3CF53903918B8D9D85A9C396CB55DF030

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

26CFA206753E96AED7C30F5674E7C6F5A0CB2F93837AF6A1596C2F799C725385

4/1/2014

4/1/2034

F41A694B3825942DB89523E9775F997DB9FA2998398DC39A74B72670DACFD468

5/1/2015

5/1/2035

7DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

Timestamping CAs
Subject
CN = Starfield Timestamp Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Timestamp Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, LLC
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

5E9223124187AC792056A8CFBDD23E643CD774DB8431A914D4FCFA1CD4B3A353

4/15/2019

4/15/2024

0EA223D9132909B625DDDC6C94FB85AFDED0A20DCFF55B7E65BFECF1411386AC

9/17/20199/17/20248